Blacksmithing & Fine Plate?

[Dertrend]

Hi all

It appears that Fine Plate is not available on Green yet. Does anyone know how far after release this was introduced to the game? I don't suppose anyone has a blacksmithing timeline chart knocking about? :)

Thanks

[Naxy]

An when does imbued field plate arrive?

[Danne]

After banded armor is trivial, what do we make to increase further in skill?

[Polixa]

Ornate? Or was that non-classic?

[oldhead]

I never seen the point of FP.. just more ac for a lot more wgt?

[greenspectre]

I never seen the point of FP.. just more ac for a lot more wgt?

And you lose that gross bronze tint for nice white tint instead. Or you can get it dyed. FashionQuest, yo.

[BlackBellamy]

You can offset weight with +STR and you can never have enough AC.

[Naxy]

An when does imbued field plate arrive?

I see the imbue spells come with Kunark, so not before then I presume.

[Jimjam]

Fine plate is the best visible slot equipment in game until Ykesha.

[Yoite]

i can tell ya the boost in ac is worth the weight if you can offset with str. also it looks awesome!

my plan after bronze is to aquire pieces like silver plated bracer and shin leggins and mithil BP and firey vambracers and then fill the other pieces with the vendor purchased steel armor so i can be a shiny human like the paladins back in Qeynos!

[Danne]

Any cultural smithing in the game yet?

[soronil]

Fine plate and the first culturals enter the game same patch as epic weapons

[schulerta]

So after Kunark?

[turbosilk]

Does this mean banded is the best armor that can be crafted currently?

[greenspectre]

That's correct. Banded is the best AC armor craftable right now.

[uygi]

Reinforced leather is actually very, very marginally better in some slots.

[Benanov]

Reinforced leather is actually very, very marginally better in some slots.

A medium helm is 6 AC, 0.6 wt.